Home invader tries to take advantage of elderly couple, evidently gets more than he bargained for

posted at 6:01 pm on May 9, 2014 by Erika Johnsen

Here’s a nice palate-cleansing, feel-good post for a Friday afternoon, and an apt demonstration of the equalizing force of firearms to boot. I always wonder what it is gun-control advocates think they’re advocating for when they try to trample on the Second-Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens by arbitrarily reducing the types of guns they’re allowed to have and the places in which they’re allowed to have them, because what these progressives are really advocating for is the domination of the unscrupulous and physically strong over the weak. The police can’t even come close to being everywhere at once, and what happens when, for instance, an able-bodied intruder with murky intentions tries to exploit what he assumes will be his advantage over a frail elderly couple living by themselves? It’s a damn good thing this Kentucky pair had the means of self defense at their immediate disposal and didn’t have to wait to find out:

Officials say the man knocked on the couple’s back door around 1:30 a.m. Thursday screaming “My wife is hurt, my wife is hurt. Please help!” When 70-year-old Sarah Hudgins opened the door, the man, wearing a ski mask and all black, attacked her grabbing her throat and pushing her inside.

The husband, who officials say is fighting a battle with cancer, came out and pointed a loaded gun at the suspect and was able to scare him off and out of the house.

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Chai: Democrats are on record as saying that guns are nasty and evil, and that all you need to do to protect yourself is to puke on yourself and/or pee your pants–that will keep you, but especially college coeds, safe from violent assault.

I thought this was going to be a feel-good story about a perp exiting the world. Well, it’s close enough I guess. I hope the residents keep the gun loaded and handy in case the creep decides to come back for a re-match.

Only part of the story I don’t like is the suspect wasn’t shot and killed.

redshirt on May 9, 2014 at 6:04 PM

Indeed. Since the scumbag in question wasn’t permanently removed from polite society now we’ve got to go to the trouble of squandering valuable tax dollars to feed and house them in a prison for a couple years, then deal with whatever other trouble this poor, misunderstood soul will cause once they’re out. It’s a pity the homeowner wasn’t able to save us the trouble.

Well, well, what do you know. I had numerous posters yesterday claiming what a crazy idea it would be to use a gun to stop a home invasion, without shooting. Didn’t think I would be proven right the next day.

Well, well, what do you know. I had numerous posters yesterday claiming what a crazy idea it would be to use a gun to stop a home invasion, without shooting. Didn’t think I would be proven right the next day.

cimbri on May 9, 2014 at 8:24 PM

Well, you might almost be right. Except that tomorrow, that same scumbag will pull the same gig on another elderly couple, believing that the odds are against two sets of armed victims in a row. Somebody puts a hand on my wife’s throat, he’s going to get much more than just told to leave. If I don’t see a gun out, I might not do two center-mass, just one, and if he’s still breathing, I’ll call 9-1-1 for him, but he’s not going anywhere until the LEOs show up.

I always wonder what it is gun-control advocates think they’re advocating for when they try to trample on the Second-Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens by arbitrarily reducing the types of guns they’re allowed to have and the places in which they’re allowed to have them, because what these progressives are really advocating for is the domination of the unscrupulous and physically strong over the weak.

There’s no thinking involved. All they’re doing is repeating what their flock-mates are chirping.

I have a Facebook account only to increase my search-engine optimization (SEO), but sometimes I engage people. Recently a woman told me that nobody needs guns to protect others or themselves. You use love instead. Period. Nonviolence is the only answer.

This is a person who keeps posting petitions to “bring our girls back.” I asked her if she’d been at Chibok Government Girls Secondary School on April 14, 2014, and there was a GAU-17 minigun set up behind a Jersey barrier, and Boko Haram had to come down a corridor to get the girls, would she use the gun?

No reply. I didn’t expect one. These people don’t actually think, feel, or believe anything. They just say what they need to say to remain part of the flock.

The attacker’s attorney, Gloria Allred, has announced that her client was deeply offended that the elderly couple had the audacity to resist a legitimate attack, that he had every right to take from them because he needed some cash for a 40 oz. Miller High Life, and that the assailant is considering legal action for having soiled a perfectly good pair of underwear.

Senior citizen charged with making terroristic threats, assault with a deadly weapon; being flown to GITMO for interrogation.

US Attorney General Holder said “Lets not jump to conclusions until the facts are gathered. Its possible the woman said something that triggered the unknown person. If the facts lead there, she’ll be arrested and charged with felony scaring of a robber”

Hey CIMBRI,,,,,, what would you do if you had been robbed 6 times in the last 20 years? I have and fortunately I was not home. Even when they catch these bums they spend very little time in jail and than they go out and do it again. When they are dead than they can’t pull a crime again can they? I am prepared for a home invasion because I live in a rural area its hopeless to depend on the Sheriff’s dept. I have to take care of it myself. Last year a guy who just got out of prison tried to get in but I locked the door and called the cops and he left. Later he came back and vandalized my car. He also pulled a robbery later on that night and now he is in back in the state prison. By the way on his last crime he knocked out the homeowner because he was foolish enough to let him in. The guy had told him he need to borrow the phone.

Well, well, what do you know. I had numerous posters yesterday claiming what a crazy idea it would be to use a gun to stop a home invasion, without shooting. Didn’t think I would be proven right the next day.

cimbri on May 9, 2014 at 8:24 PM

Typical lefty – can’t even tell the truth about what you’ve said before.
THIS is the kind of crap you were spouting on the thread about the 2 teenagers killed during their second or third break-in of an elderly woman’s house, after having also threatened her:

“Hold it, boys. Take a seat, I’m calling the police”. That’s probably what I would have done if I had been the brother. People are too antsy and quick to pull the trigger.

cimbri on May 7, 2014 at 2:23 AM

THIS elderly couple is lucky the scumbag coward ran off when confronted with a gun. But since he’s still alive and unharmed, I’ll bet Romney’s $10K he does this again soon – and eventually SOMEONE is going to die.
Who are you cheering for – the criminal or the innocent victims?

Bishop and splashman: care to explain what you mean??? Sounds offensive and nasty….

chai on May 9, 2014 at 6:21 PM

In the hearings last year in the Colorado legislature, before the Dems pushed through their nanny-bloomy supported gun control bills, Dem legislators actually suggested that women should do those things when attacked by rapists – instead of having a gun to defend themselves. In at least one case, this suggestion was actually made directly to a young rape survivor who was testifying – by a female Dem state senator – who later resigned from office in the face of a recall.

This lady stayed calm, followed procedure, and had superior GUN CONTROL!!!

Police say a man in his 20s attempted to break into her home through a rear window. When the homeowner heard the noise, she grabbed her handgun and warned the invader that she was armed. The suspect continued to break in and the woman shot him once in the chest. We’re told he fled the scene and was found down the block. He was transported to a local hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police still optimistic that thugs will eventually learn from series of successful defense stories:

This incident follows two separate home invasions in Detroit last Saturday where two homeowners killed people breaking into their homes.

Another home invasion on February 17 involved a mother firing at teenagers who were breaking into her home.

Despite warning shots, one intruder still barged toward the door a second time. Within hours, all three were arrested and face home invasion charges.

Police have said these results will make thieves think twice before barging into a home.

Thugs will never learn, so we must keep practicing gun control at the target range.

I understand the attitude among some to kill one if you get the chance. Problem is, there are 10s of thousands of burglars out there. Killing one isn’t going to affect the macro problem and just causes the home dweller unforeseen problems. This guy did it right, he defended the house with the minimum force necessary, disproving the absurd claims on the other thread yesterday.

And so this scumbag is still around to do it to someone else today. Maybe it will be one of your loved ones. Maybe not.
But they’ll still end up just as hurt or dead because the perp wasn’t stopped when the opportunity was there.

Are you really this dim? Do you believe that every situation is identical, and what worked in this will work in them all? Read some of the other stories linked to on this thread, like the woman who warned the guy she was armed and he still kept coming, or the woman who was holding a gun when the guy started beating her up–the only thing that stopped those two animals was someone pulling the trigger.

It is clear that you are going to struggle mightily to ignore all facts and logic in order to do your moral preening, but understand that anyone who can think clearly is going to recognize you for your complete moral callousness.

I think it’s terrible that this gun slinging couple traumatized this poor masked man. Jail for the gunslingers and therapy and compensation for the victimized mask man, I say. We can raise funds for this targeted victim by both increasing taxes and throwing 30,000 totally useless veterans out of health care.

I always wonder what it is gun-control advocates think they’re advocating for when they try to trample on the Second-Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens by arbitrarily reducing the types of guns they’re allowed to have and the places in which they’re allowed to have them, because what these progressives are really advocating for is the domination of the unscrupulous and physically strong over the weak.

Could it be that the push for gun-control results from urban Democrats’ racist fear of Black men having them?

This is the most common self-defense use of a firearm in America: bad guy gets shown the muzzle end of a gun and runs away. A lot more common than shots being fired, because most normal people really DON’T want to shoot anyone unless truly forced.

On behalf of all HA readers I offer a sincere and humble apology to the harassed masked intruder. The vicious gun nuts not only ruined his day and caused him to fail at his task but inhospitably refused his entry into the house causing severe psychological trauma and feelings of neglect and rejection for which all of society must share blame for our gun permissiveness.

But the biggest mistake the man with the gun made is FAILING to point the gun at the center of the masked intruder’s chest and slowly squeezing the trigger–scattering heart, liver, pancreas and lungs all over the yard–thus making sure this masked scum will never be a repeat offender.